I was diagnosed in April 2025, Invasive Ductal, Tubular Cribiform Carcinoma, ER & PR positive and HER2 Negative. In the breast and lymph node.
I started chemo in May 2025, I had #5 Last week and due to have final #6, end of this month.
Im quite a matter of fact person and ive have been coping well with everything and just getting on with it, until I met with the surgeons last Friday. Since that appointment ive felt so deflated and alone.
Tumour as a whole is 6cm (2cm Cancer) the rest benign. I had a MRI last month, surgeons informed me that chemo so far has not done anything to lymph node and only shrunk tumour by 2mm. He then went on to say since my original MRI/biopsies in April, this new imaging is showing progression through the benign part of the tumour. He also discussed that if my lymph node does not budge they will likely take all lymph nodes during the op. I guess I just hadn't considered they would take all the lymph nodes and that came as a shock to me, he then discussed that if they were only to take a few and another comes back from the lab showing cancer they would then go back to remove them all. I just hadn't considered that it could be in more then the one lymph node. I dont know if that was my way of coping with it all, telling myself its just one lymph node.
I feel like ive just had the diagnosis all over again. No one around me really understands and im feeling quite lost and alone. So thought id reach out here for some support with any one thats felt/feeling this.
